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"Hold It Against Me" is a song by Britney Spears. It was released as the first single from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. It was written by Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Bonnie McKee and Billboard, while being produced by Luke, Martin and Billboard. Musically, "Hold It Against Me" features industrial beats, a dubstep-influenced breakdown and a final chorus with elements of rave. The lyrics portray the singer seducing someone on the dancefloor, while the chorus revolves around pick-up lines.
"Hold It Against Me" has received positive reviews from most critics. Such as, Rick Florino of Artistdirect gave the song four and half stars, calling it "one of Britney's catchiest club bangers yet" and saying " proudly stands alongside Britney classics like 'Womanizer,' 'Gimme More,' and 'Toxic,' but there's a refined ethereal elegance to it that sees Britney stepping into new territory and pushing the boundaries of dance pop once more."
After its release, "Hold It Against Me" set the record for most radio plays in one day in the United States, registering 619 plays on Mediabase and 595 plays on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). It also broke Mediabase's one-week play's record, with 3,866 spins. The following week, "Hold It Against Me" debuted at number sixteen on Billboard's Pop Songs chart with 4,071 plays, the highest detections total by a new entry in the chart's history. It was also tied with Madonna's "Frozen" for the second highest debut. Billboard reported that "Hold It Against Me" was likely to debut at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, due to the strong airplay and sales, which were expected to exceed 400,000 copies. On the issue dated January 29, 2011, "Hold It Against Me" debuted at number one on the Hot 100, making Spears the second artist in history to debut multiple songs at the top of the chart, only behind Mariah Carey. The single is also the eighteenth song to debut at number one, and Spears' fourth chart-topper. "Hold It Against Me" also debuted atop of the Hot Digital Songs chart, with 411,000 copies sold. The sum marks the highest debut sales by a female artist, surpassing the record previously held by Taylor Swift's "Today Was a Fairytale". It is also Spears' biggest one-week digital sales total, as well as the fourth biggest first-week sales tally in digital history.
Britney's career technically now spans over three decades (debut single '...Baby One More Time' was released back in 1999!), and she's just racked up her twenty-sixth UK top twenty success with 'Hold It Against Me'. The lead single from Britney's seventh studio album Femme Fatale debuted at No.6 in the UK chart in January 2011.
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